The C Library sprintf() function allows you to create strings with specified formats, similar to printf(), but instead of printing to the standard output, it stores the resulting string in a character array provided by the user.
SyntaxFollowing is the C library syntax of the sprintf() function −
int sprintf(char *str, const char *format, ...);Parameters
This function accepts the following parameters −
The sprintf() function returns the number of characters written to the string str, excluding the null-terminating character.
Example 1: Formatting Floating Point NumbersHere, sprintf() formats a floating-point number with two decimal places.
Below is the illustration of the C library sprintf() function.
#include <stdio.h> int main() { char buffer[100]; float pi = 3.14159; sprintf(buffer, "The value of pi is %.2f.", pi); printf("%s\n", buffer); return 0; }Output
The above code produces following result−
The value of pi is 3.14.Example 2: Combining Strings and Integers
This example showcases how sprintf() can combine strings and integers into a single formatted string.
#include <stdio.h> int main() { char buffer[100]; int age = 30; char name[] = "John"; sprintf(buffer, "%s is %d years old.", name, age); printf("%s\n", buffer); return 0; }Output
After execution of above code, we get the following result
John is 30 years old.
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